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Bittering :: Bittering (n.) A bitter compound used in adulterating beer; bittern.

Ricinine :: Ricinine (n.) A bitter white crystalline alkaloid extracted from the seeds of the castor-oil plant.

Strychnos :: Strychnine (n.) A very poisonous alkaloid resembling brucine, obtained from various species of plants, especially from species of Loganiaceae, as from the seeds of the St. Ignatius bean (Strychnos Ignatia) and from nux vomica. It is obtained as a white crystalline substance, having a very bitter acrid taste, and is employed in medicine (chiefly in the form of the sulphate) as a powerful neurotic stimulant. Called also strychnia, and formerly strychnina..

Embitterment :: Embitterment (n.) The act of embittering; also, that which embitters..

Bill :: Bill (n.) The bell, or boom, of the bittern.

Barrenwort :: Barrenwort (n.) An herbaceous plant of the Barberry family (Epimedium alpinum), having leaves that are bitter and said to be sudorific..

Bile :: Bile (n.) Bitterness of feeling; choler; anger; ill humor; as, to stir one's bile..

Taunt :: Taunt (n.) Upbraiding language; bitter or sarcastic reproach; insulting invective.

Olivin :: Olivin (n.) A complex bitter gum, found on the leaves of the olive tree; -- called also olivite..

Sparteine :: Sparteine (n.) A narcotic alkaloid extracted from the tops of the common broom (Cytisus scoparius, formerly Spartium scoparium), as a colorless oily liquid of aniline-like odor and very bitter taste..

Sinapine :: Sinapine (n.) An alkaloid occuring in the seeds of mustard. It is extracted, in combination with sulphocyanic acid, as a white crystalline substance, having a hot, bitter taste. When sinapine is isolated it is unstable and undergoes decomposition..

Bitter :: Bitter (v. t.) To make bitter.

Zedoary :: Zedoary (n.) A medicinal substance obtained in the East Indies, having a fragrant smell, and a warm, bitter, aromatic taste. It is used in medicine as a stimulant..

Purl :: Purl (n.) Malt liquor, medicated or spiced; formerly, ale or beer in which wormwood or other bitter herbs had been infused, and which was regarded as tonic; at present, hot beer mixed with gin, sugar, and spices..

Cinchonidine :: Cinchonidine (n.) One of the quinine group of alkaloids, found especially in red cinchona bark. It is a white crystalline substance, C19H22N2O, with a bitter taste and qualities similar to, but weaker than, quinine; -- sometimes called also cinchonidia..

Bumble :: Bumble (n.) The bittern.

Urechitin :: Urechitin (n.) A glucoside extracted from the leaves of a certain plant (Urechitis suberecta) as a bitter white crystalline substance.

Absinthium :: Absinthium (n.) The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitter plant, used as a tonic and for making the oil of wormwood..

Bittern :: Bittern (n.) A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons, of various species..

Salt :: Salt (n.) Fig.: Bitter; sharp; pungent.

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